山东莱阳话的“四声别义”变调构词现象

Derivations by 4-Tone-Transformation in Laiyang(莱阳) Dialect of Shandong(山东) Province

古代汉语的"四声别义"通过语音内部屈折形式派生新词,山东莱阳话仍然使用这种变调构词方式派生新词,特别是古入声字舒化后仍然通过舒声变调构成新词。古代汉语的"四声别义"通常限于单音节词,在莱阳话里,除了单音节词之外,多音节词语也可以通过变调来区别词性和意义。

Ancient Chinese derived new monosyllables by inflexion of 4-tone-transformation to distinguish words＇ speeches or meanings. Still active in Laiyang（莱阳 ） Dialect of Shandong（山东） Province, the 4-tone-transformation can not only derive new monosyllables, but also new polysyllables, and furthermore, the derivation occurs in the fully-evolved Ru（入） tone characters.